1997–98 Chicago Blackhawks season

1997–98 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	5th Central
1997–98 record	30–39–13
Goals for	192
Goals against	199
Team information
Coach	Craig Hartsburg
Captain	Chris Chelios

Regular season

Final standings

Central Division

#	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Dallas Stars	82	49	22	11	242	167	109
2	3	Detroit Red Wings	82	44	23	15	250	196	103
3	4	St. Louis Blues	82	45	29	8	256	204	98
4	7	Phoenix Coyotes	82	35	35	12	224	227	82
5	9	Chicago Blackhawks	82	30	39	13	192	199	73
6	12	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	43	9	194	237	69

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 1, 1997	2–6	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	0–1–0
2	L	October 4, 1997	2–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	0–2–0
3	L	October 9, 1997	1–4	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	0–3–0
4	L	October 10, 1997	0–7	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)	0–4–0
5	L	October 13, 1997	1–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	0–5–0
6	L	October 15, 1997	0–2	Washington Capitals (1997–98)	0–6–0
7	L	October 17, 1997	0–2	St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	0–7–0
8	W	October 19, 1997	5–2	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	1–7–0
9	W	October 22, 1997	1–0	@ New York Rangers (1997–98)	2–7–0
10	L	October 24, 1997	0–2	Dallas Stars (1997–98)	2–8–0
11	L	October 26, 1997	2–3	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	2–9–0
12	L	October 27, 1997	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	2–10–0
13	W	October 29, 1997	3–0	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	3–10–0
14	W	October 31, 1997	5–3	San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	4–10–0
15	W	November 2, 1997	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	5–10–0
16	W	November 6, 1997	2–1	St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	6–10–0
17	W	November 8, 1997	4–2	@ New York Islanders (1997–98)	7–10–0
18	T	November 10, 1997	1–1 OT	Calgary Flames (1997–98)	7–10–1
19	L	November 11, 1997	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	7–11–1
20	L	November 13, 1997	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	7–12–1
21	T	November 16, 1997	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	7–12–2
22	W	November 19, 1997	4–0	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	8–12–2
23	L	November 20, 1997	3–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	8–13–2
24	W	November 22, 1997	5–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	9–13–2
25	T	November 25, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	9–13–3
26	T	November 27, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)	9–13–4
27	W	November 29, 1997	3–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	10–13–4
28	L	December 4, 1997	1–2	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	10–14–4
29	T	December 7, 1997	3–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	10–14–5
30	T	December 10, 1997	3–3 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	10–14–6
31	L	December 12, 1997	2–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	10–15–6
32	L	December 14, 1997	1–2	San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	10–16–6
33	L	December 16, 1997	3–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)	10–17–6
34	T	December 17, 1997	0–0 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	10–17–7
35	W	December 20, 1997	5–0	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	11–17–7
36	L	December 22, 1997	0–1	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	11–18–7
37	W	December 26, 1997	4–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	12–18–7
38	W	December 28, 1997	2–0	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	13–18–7
39	W	December 30, 1997	6–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	14–18–7
40	T	January 1, 1998	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	14–18–8
41	W	January 4, 1998	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	15–18–8
42	T	January 5, 1998	1–1 OT	Calgary Flames (1997–98)	15–18–9
43	L	January 9, 1998	2–4	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	15–19–9
44	W	January 10, 1998	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	16–19–9
45	W	January 12, 1998	3–2	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	17–19–9
46	W	January 14, 1998	4–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	18–19–9
47	L	January 15, 1998	2–3	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)	18–20–9
48	W	January 20, 1998	5–2	New York Islanders (1997–98)	19–20–9
49	L	January 22, 1998	0–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	19–21–9
50	W	January 24, 1998	5–4	St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	20–21–9
51	W	January 29, 1998	3–0	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	21–21–9
52	L	January 31, 1998	0–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	21–22–9
53	L	February 1, 1998	3–4 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	21–23–9
54	W	February 3, 1998	4–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	22–23–9
55	L	February 5, 1998	2–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	22–24–9
56	L	February 7, 1998	1–3	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)	22–25–9
57	L	February 26, 1998	4–7	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	22–26–9
58	W	February 28, 1998	4–0	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	23–26–9
59	T	March 1, 1998	2–2 OT	Dallas Stars (1997–98)	23–26–10
60	L	March 3, 1998	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	23–27–10
61	T	March 5, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	23–27–11
62	W	March 7, 1998	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98)	24–27–11
63	L	March 9, 1998	3–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	24–28–11
64	L	March 12, 1998	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	24–29–11
65	L	March 14, 1998	0–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	24–30–11
66	W	March 15, 1998	8–4	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98)	25–30–11
67	W	March 17, 1998	5–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	26–30–11
68	W	March 19, 1998	1–0	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	27–30–11
69	W	March 22, 1998	1–0	Boston Bruins (1997–98)	28–30–11
70	T	March 23, 1998	5–5 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	28–30–12
71	L	March 25, 1998	2–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	28–31–12
72	W	March 27, 1998	2–1	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	29–31–12
73	L	March 29, 1998	0–4	Florida Panthers (1997–98)	29–32–12
74	L	March 31, 1998	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	29–33–12
75	W	April 2, 1998	2–1	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	30–33–12
76	L	April 4, 1998	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	30–34–12
77	L	April 5, 1998	1–2 OT	New York Rangers (1997–98)	30–35–12
78	L	April 9, 1998	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	30–36–12
79	L	April 12, 1998	1–2	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	30–37–12
80	L	April 15, 1998	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	30–38–12
81	T	April 16, 1998	1–1 OT	New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	30–38–13
82	L	April 18, 1998	1–3	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)	30–39–13

See also

• 1997–98 NHL season

References

• 1997–98 Chicago Blackhawks Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.